Another company has surfaced with an electric conversion for the original Defender[1], but there’s a difference this time.
U.K.-based Bedeo’s electric Defender uses in-wheel motors, which Bedeo has packaged as a retrofit kit that could potentially be u…
The 1100-tonne is jacked into position
The 158-metre-long structure was moved into place in 13 hours using a specialist push-pull jacking technique.
The East M42-M6 Link Viaduct is one of 13 viaducts that make up HS2’s triangular Delta Junction. This…
Barston has been revealed as one of the ‘poshest places to live’ by The Telegraph
It’s been named the poshest village in the Midlands – and you can live there too if you have a spare £1.35 million. A beautiful five bedroom house is on the market in Hob…
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While small numbers of Ineos’ long-awaited Grenadier have been trickling out across the country, they’re still something of a rarity.
Having tackled the inevitable rash of teething troubles that you’d expect with any completely new machine…
A motorway bridge on the M42 near Birmingham Airport, which was hit more than 20 times by vehicles in the last decade, has been demolished. The bridge, located between junctions seven and six, was damaged beyond repair after being struck twice in one w…
A 4,000-tonne bridge over the M42 motorway has been demolished to make way for the HS2 railway.Demolition experts used excavators to remove the bridge in 52 hours, while articulated dumper trucks took the rubble away from the scene in Solihull.It is th…
A motorway bridge smashed more than 20 times by cars and lorries has been demolished. The structure on the M42[1] was hit 20 times in the past decade, and was damaged beyond repair after it was struck twice in one week by two lorries in January.
Since …
HS2 have released the shortlist of the companies who will create and maintain the Automated People Mover (APM) at the Interchange station in Solihull.
The contracts will require the winning bidder to work with HS2 Ltd to deliver the and maintain the AP…
Former Westlife singer McFadden told Chorley fans to dream of the Football League as he took his place in the Lancashire club’s small VIP stand along with prospective fellow investors Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch from Irish pop group Boyzone.
Clad in Ch…
The former Westlife singer took his place in Chorley’s small VIP stand along with prospective fellow investors Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch from Boyzone for Saturday’s FA Trophy fifth-round tie against Solihull Moors.
Clad in Chorley shirts and clutchin…
Traffic-busting measures have been proposed to turn part of a key Solihull[1] route from a single lane road into a two-lane dual carriageway. A major highway improvement scheme is being developed to tackle congestion and long journey times along a sect…
A motorist was lucky to escape serious injury after they crashed into a house in Coventry[1] last night (13). The force of the impact, which involved a flatbed truck, was so severe a technical rescue team was deployed by West Midlands Fire Service to s…
Local communities in the West Midlands[1] are being asked to choose their preferred design for a new railway viaduct.
People will be asked to vote on the colour, finish and pattern designs for the acoustic parapets to be used on Balsall Common Viaduct[…